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The Copepod Acartia Tonsa Dana in a Microtidal Mediterranean Lagoon: History of a Successful Invasion water Article The Copepod Acartia tonsa Dana in a Microtidal Mediterranean Lagoon: History of a Successful Invasion Elisa Camatti *, Marco Pansera and Alessandro Bergamasco Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR ISMAR), Arsenale Tesa 104, Castello 2737/F, 30122 Venezia, Italy; [email protected] (M.P.); [email protected] (A.B.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +39-041-2407-978 Received: 13 May 2019; Accepted: 5 June 2019; Published: 8 June 2019 Abstract: The Lagoon of Venicehas been recognized as a hot spot for the introduction of nonindigenous species. Several anthropogenic factors as well as environmental stressors concurred to make this ecosystem ideal for invasion. Given the zooplankton ecological relevance related to the role in the marine trophic network, changes in the community have implications for environmental management and ecosystem services. This work aims to depict the relevant steps of the history of invasion of the copepod Acartia tonsa in the Venice lagoon, providing a recent picture of its distribution, mainly compared to congeneric residents. In this work, four datasets of mesozooplankton were examined. The four datasets covered a period from 1975 to 2017 and were used to investigate temporal trends as well as the changes in coexistence patterns among the Acartia species before and after A. tonsa settlement. Spatial distribution of A. tonsa was found to be significantly associated with temperature, phytoplankton, particulate organic carbon (POC), chlorophyll a, and counter gradient of salinity, confirming that A. tonsa is an opportunistic tolerant species. As for previously dominant species, Paracartia latisetosa almost disappeared, and Acartia margalefi was not completely excluded. In 2014–2017, A. tonsa was found to be the dominant Acartia species in the lagoon. Keywords: Acartia tonsa; Lagoon of Venice; nonindigenous species; zooplankton distribution; coexistence patterns; niche overlaps; long-term ecological research 1. Introduction Alien invasive species, also called non-native or nonindigenous species (NIS), together with marine pollution, overexploitation of living resources, and physical alteration of habitats, represent the main threats to the world’s oceans on local, regional, and global scales [1]. The planktonic crustacean Acartia tonsa Dana (1849) (calanoid copepod) is an NIS recently introduced in the Mediterranean Sea [2]. Several studies have shown that Acartia NIS are colonizing coastal areas and estuaries by propagation or introduction (e.g., [3,4]). The ability of Acartiidae to cross geographic barriers relies mainly in their capability of producing resting stages [5]. These NIS are modifying the status of native species, which are subject to competitive pressure [6]. A. tonsa is widely distributed in estuarine environments along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America [7] and the Pacific coast of North America [8] where it is the most abundant species. It appeared in the European coasts in the first half of the 20th century, possibly transferred by ship ballast waters [9,10]. In the Mediterranean Sea, A. tonsa was first reported in 1985 in the Etang de Berre, a eutrophic lagoon near Marseilles, France [2]. Only after 1985 was the presence of A. tonsa confirmed in several Italian transitional waters such as in a lagoon of the Po River Delta (northern Adriatic Sea) [11], in the Lagoon of Lesina [12], and in the Lagoon of Venice [13]. In estuarine ecosystems, A. tonsa generally reaches relatively high abundances and becomes often the Water 2019, 11, 1200; doi:10.3390/w11061200 www.mdpi.com/journal/water Water 2019, 11, 1200 2 of 23 dominant zooplankton species during summer [14], provided that high concentrations of particulate organic carbon and particulate organic matter are available. In fact, the life cycle of this copepod is strictly dependent on the quantity of the available food—the larger the trophic supplies are, the more accelerated its growth rate is [15–17]. The Lagoon of Venice, a large Mediterranean lagoon located in the northwest coast of the Adriatic Sea, presents marked habitat heterogeneity, and the classification of its habitats is still a matter of debate [18,19]. The lagoon is considered the main hotspot for invasive species in the whole Italian coast with the presence of more than 60 NIS, including 29 invertebrates and 34 macrophyte species among which A. tonsa also appears [20–25]. The lagoon is also part of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) network (http://www.lteritalia.it), a global network of research sites located in a wide array of ecosystems. LTER research is a fundamental tool for monitoring environmental changes over time. Zooplankton communities exhibit an intrinsically high variability in transitional environments, and the elucidation of coexistence patterns is a critical question in ecology as well as in accounting for differences in abundances among species. In addition to zooplankton ecological relevance related to the role in the marine trophic network, changes in the community have implications for environmental management and ecosystem services. This work describes relevant steps in the history of invasion and establishment of A. tonsa in the Lagoon of Venice with respect to local stressors. This work provides a recent picture of its distribution along gradients of environmental parameters and identifying the relevant biogeochemical quantities assisting or limiting the successful colonization of the species, mainly compared to congeneric residents in the lagoon (Acartia margalefi Alcaraz (1976), Paracartia latisetosa Krichagin (1873), and Acartia clausi Giesbrecht (1889)). The study will focus on abundance, distribution, and niche interactions of the Acartiidae community to address the question of niche separation and to investigate multidimensional niche breadths under a temporal and trophic gradient. The work aims to identify which ecological factors are most important for A. tonsa population structure and organization and to provide a possible key to disentangle the roles of Acartia lagoon dominant species based on their niche characteristics. Identification or exclusion of possible overlaps among realized niches in the space of considered environmental variables will aim to highlight the specialization of each species and the relevance of coexistence mechanisms in the structuration of the community. Combining spatial and temporal frames in the three different periods taken into consideration, along a gradient from the mainland to the inlets, determining species’ relative abundance distributions (RADs) in a given habitat and time will support the comparison of the reciprocal position of the species of interest within the mesozooplankton community and also how they eventually interacted in a competitive way. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Study Area The Lagoon of Venice is a large Mediterranean lagoon with an area of approximately 500 km2 stretching along the northwest coast of the Adriatic Sea (Figure1). Three inlets connect the lagoon to the sea, and its general circulation results from the superposition of tide, wind, and topographic control [26,27]. The effective renewal rate of water is on the order of a few days for the areas closest to the inlets and up to a month for the innermost areas [26,28]. Its depth is very shallow, some 1.3 m on average and more than 10 m in the deepest channels connecting the three inlets with the city of Venice and with the industrial area of Marghera. The Lagoon of Venice is surrounded by urban and industrial areas. Moreover, fishery, mariculture, and tourist activities are very developed. Because of the complex interplay of the variety of simultaneously occurring stressors, the lagoon experiences high variability in most of the environmental parameters, showing high habitat heterogeneity [29,30]. Water 2019, 11, 1200 3 of 23 Water 2019, 11, x FOR PEER REVIEW 3 of 24 Figure 1.1. StudyStudy areaarea (Lagoon (Lagoon of of Venice, Venice, Italy) Italy) and and location location of sampling of sampling stations stations during during 1975–1980 1975– (grey1980 (greytriangles, triangles including, including Lido), Lido), 1997–2002 1997– (black2002 (black circles), circles), 2003–2004 2003 (grey–2004 squares),(grey square ands 2014–2017), and 2014 (black–2017 (blacktriangles, triangles including, including San Giuliano, San Giuliano, Marghera, Marghera, Fusina, Fusina, and Lido). and Lido). 2.2. Zooplankton and Environmental Variables Datasets 2.2. Zooplankton and Environmental Variables Datasets Four zooplankton datasets (DSs) from surveys carried out in the Lagoon of Venice were considered Four zooplankton datasets (DSs) from surveys carried out in the Lagoon of Venice were in this study: the first dataset refers to the situation before the settlement of A. tonsa (DS1: period considered in this study: the first dataset refers to the situation before the settlement of A. tonsa (DS1: 1975–1980, monthly sampling) and the three after the first record A. tonsa in the lagoon (DS2: period period 1975–1980, monthly sampling) and the three after the first record A. tonsa in the lagoon (DS2: 1997–2002, monthly sampling; DS3: period 2003–2004, monthly sampling; and DS4: period 2014–2017, period 1997–2002, monthly sampling; DS3: period 2003–2004, monthly sampling; and DS4: period seasonal sampling). 2014–2017, seasonal sampling). The first dataset (DS1), concerning data prior to the establishment of A. tonsa, was used for RAD The first dataset (DS1),
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